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Taiwan stopover for Beijing Olympics torch relay undecided
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-04-07 15:08 SEOUL (Reuters) - Beijing's wish to have the 2008
Olympics torch relay pass through Taiwan has yet to be granted and a final
decision will be taken in the coming months, the International Olympic Committee
said on Friday.
Beijing is eager to make a stop in Taiwan .
"The route (of the torch relay) is not yet defined," IOC president Jacques
Rogge told reporters. "It is still under discussion."
"We expect a resolution on the discussions in a couple of months," he said.
Beijing Games organisers are following in the footsteps of the Athens 2004
Olympics organisers and are planning an international torch relay that is
expected to include 28 cities around the world and take in the top of Mount
Everest.
Games organizing committee officials last month said they would "try
their utmost" to include Taiwan.
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